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authorRichard Ellis <rellis@dp100.com>2010-05-12 23:28:32 +0200
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+The xsession program is a session manager. It is normally executed by your
+~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession) script and controls your X Window session. As
+soon as it is started, xsession launches a window manager and some
+applications of your choice. At anytime during your session, you may switch
+to another window manager or execute some other applications from the
+xsession menus.
+
+You may also lock your screen using an independent locker application. The
+window contains a message area which is used to notify the user whenever an
+application or a window manager starts or ends, and also to display all the
+output and error messages of the programs (the applications and the window
+managers) run by xsession. The console output messages can also be shown
+either in this area or in a second, separate area.
+
+One useful feature of xsession is the preprocessing of window managers'
+configuration files. When a window manager is launched, its startup file
+can be filtered through m4(1) or cpp(1). Some macros are defined (such as
+the host name, screen size and so on) that will help you customize your
+menus and screen layout. One advantage of this feature is that several
+window managers can share the same startup file: some lines are protected by
+a test on the "WM_NAME" macro, but the other lines are common. This saves a
+lot of time if you want to maintain the same menu structure for several of
+them. You can also use "include" statements in your file.
+
+Note: This slackbuild builds xsession without sound support. If you wish to
+have sound support see the Imakefile and INSTALL files within the source
+tarball.